First, sorry to have asked the same Q twice!
It looks like the copper bits are supposed to be connected to the
waferboards, but have come loose. I cleaned 'em, & gently bent 'em but
they're sort of just loose and won't stay pressed against the bulbs...
John Donohoe
'70 GT6+ Stealth night driver
---Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, john donohoe wrote:
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> > I've traced my nonfunctional tail/brake-lamp problem to the little
> > bits of metal that are riveted together and onto that piece of
> > waferboard(?) in both lights. The waferboardthat they attach to
seems
> > to be rotted, offering no support to the contacts...
> >
> > Secondly, anyone suggest trying to make what I've got work?
>
> John, I remember constant struggles on both my Mk. 3 Spitfire and
'70 GT6+
> to keep these lamps lit. As I recall, the waferboard doesn't do a
lot. The
> two metal contacts are copper (or at least copper plate) and have some
> springiness to them. I unfailingly would take some fine sandpaper or
the
> like to clean the contacts and, if necessary, carefully rebend them
just a
> bit to make better contact with the bulb ends. Always worked for me.
>
> Don't know if that helps any....
>
> --Andy
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